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Colgate, Samuel

 Collection
Identifier: RG-1101

Scope and Contents

General correspondence, 1845-1897; letters related to the Samuel Colgate Baptist Historical Collection at Colgate University, 1897-1900; miscellaneous items about the Colgate Company.

Dates

  • Creation: 1845-1900

Conditions Governing Access

Box 1 Incoming correspondence 1845-1899; Responses to Colgate’s invitation to New York Baptist Ministers’ Conference 25 Jan 1892 (2 folders); correspondence between Samuel Colgate, Richard Colgate and Virginia Willson 1897-1900; New York Baptist Ministers’ Conference 25 Jan 1892 program; Russell Colgate memorial service program, pamphlets, Colgate collection materials; ledger of incoming association minutes 1 of 2

Box 2 ledger of incoming association minutes 2 of 2

Biographical / Historical

Philanthropist and historian. President of Colgate and Company; founder of Samuel Colgate Baptist Historical Collection.

Extent

1 Linear Feet (250 items)

Language of Materials

English

Bibliography

Stub entry from A Guide to Manuscript Collections in the American Baptist Historical Society, compiled by William H. Brackney and Susan M. Eltscher (Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, and Rochester, New York, 1986).

File Plan

Box 1 Incoming correspondence 1845-1899; Responses to Colgate’s invitation to New York Baptist Ministers’ Conference 25 Jan 1892 (2 folders); correspondence between Samuel Colgate, Richard Colgate and Virginia Willson 1897-1900; New York Baptist Ministers’ Conference 25 Jan 1892 program; Russell Colgate memorial service program, pamphlets, Colgate collection materials; ledger of incoming association minutes 1 of 2

Box 2 ledger of incoming association minutes 2 of 2

Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Repository Details

Part of the American Baptist Historical Society Repository

Contact:
3001 Mercer University Drive
Atlanta GA 30341-4115 USA
678.547.6680
678.547.6682 (Fax)